Join a movement empowering rural women and girls in Uganda to promote peace, equality, prosperity and opportunity.
For over 40 years, the African Food and Peace Foundation (AFPF) has partnered with rural communities to advance education, women’s leadership, food security and sustainable development.
We do this through a unique educational model that employs the creative process, systems thinking and visionary approach.
501(c)3 Nonprofit United States
We are 40+ Years of Impact
Community-Led Tranformation
Women-Centered Transformation
Our Work in Africa
We focus on the areas that create the greatest need and impact
Girls' education
Women's Leadership
Vocational Training
Food Security for Students
Our Impact
Lives positively impacted.
Families lifted from poverty
Girls & women supported
Sustainable farming supported
Why Support AFPF?
40+ years of trusted impact since 1981
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Community-led solutions that create lasting change
Every ingredient comes from the most awesome places of Chicago. We serve only the best for you.
Transparent & accountable financial stewardship
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In 1987, Silvana Franco Veltkamp partnered with Mwalimu Musheshe and Ephrem Rutaboba to found the Uganda Rural Development and Training programme. Silvana connected Ephrem and Mwalimu with Robert Fritz, who contributed the Visionary Approach that is still being taught and widely used in now over 20 Districts and 4 Refugee Settlements in western Uganda.
A world where every individual in rural communities can lead a life of freedom, health, wealth, happiness, and dignity.
To provide financial and strategic resources to support sustainable development and education in rural Uganda. For over 40 years, we have partnered with URDT, a secular organization run by local Ugandans who are true innovators.
Over five million rural families have benefited and continue to benefit the education and training programs offered at Uganda Rural Development & Training Programme (URDT). We founded URDT in 1987 to address the missing link in development programmes, the merger of: truly functional education; consciousness and conscience raising; skills training; rural development interventions with the intent of empowering marginalized people living in rural communities in Uganda.
URDT’s work exemplifies the power of pairing two fundamentals to transformation:
1) clear, structural thinking about the creative process, and
2) collaborative local action to fulfill the aspirations of individuals and their communities.
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Most asked Questions
Donating is easy! You can:
Give securely online here (Credit/Debit Card, ACH, PayPal
Mail a check to: AFPF P.O. Box 338 Concord, MA 01742
Set up a recurring gift.
Yes. AFPF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by U.S. law.
We’ll send you a receipt for your records.
Absolutely. When donating online, simply check the box to dedicate your gift.
We can send an acknowledgment to the person or family if you provide their contact information.
A recurring donation is an automatic, regular gift (monthly, quarterly, or annually). It’s easy to set up when you donate online.
You can change or cancel your recurring gift anytime—just contact us at info@afpfonline.org or afpf.america@gmail.com
Your generosity transforms lives by supporting education, leadership, and rural development.
You empower girls and women, and young men of rural Uganda to lift themselves, their families, and entire communities
out of poverty and into sustainable prosperity.
Yes. Although we generally prefer donations to go towards unrestricted funding, you can choose to support:
African Rural University (ARU)
URDT Girls School
Community Radio Station
Special Projects (like the examination hall, student housing, or postgraduate center)
If you don’t choose, your gift will support the area of greatest need.
Update your information anytime by contacting us at in info@afpfonline.org or afpf.america@gmail.com
Yes!
Online donations receive an instant email receipt.
Mailed checks receive an acknowledgment by mail or email.
Yes. Our online giving platform uses industry-standard encryption to keep your information safe and secure.
Yes! Many companies will match your donation. Check with your employer’s HR department.
We’re happy to help with any forms or documentation needed just email us at info@afpfonline.org or afpf.america@gmail.com
For Donor Advised Funds (DAFS), visit this link here or contact your financial advisor on how to.
Definitely! You can:
Become an ambassador for AFPF/URDT.
Serve on our advisory board.
Host a fundraiser.
Share our mission with your network.
Reach out anytime to learn more: info@afpfonline.org or afpf.america@gmail.com
"I especially want to support African Rural University which trains women to move to small commmunities where they teach the community members to build, grow, and raise their standard of living. Any donation I make to AFPF changes more lives than any domestic charity could. I envision a future with a network of rural universities inspired by URDT's model throughout the developing world."
Stuart Cohen Long time partner & friend